Green Day postpones Sept. 28 concert at Fillmore in San Francisco

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LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 21: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day smashes his guitar as he performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 21, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

With frontman Billie Joe Armstrong in rehab, Green Day has postponed Sept. 28’s show at the Fillmore in San Francisco, concert promoters said Monday.

No makeup date was available, but organizers said additional information would be coming soon. Concert promoter Live Nation said tickets purchased for the Sept. 28 show would be honored on the new date.

On Green Day’s website, the band’s upcoming tour of intimate venues is listed as still on schedule. That tour kicks off Oct. 27 in New Orleans and includes a Dec. 1 show at Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento, a Dec. 2 show at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno and a Dec. 4 stop at the Santa Cruz Auditorium.

The news comes in the wake of Armstrong’s widely publicized, guitar-smashing tantrum at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on Friday, during which Armstrong delivered a expletive-fueled rant about the band’s performance time being cut short.

“Billie Joe is seeking treatment for substance abuse,” said the statement. “We would like everyone to know that our set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those we offended at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas. We regretfully must postpone some of our upcoming promotional appearances.”

It was not known where Armstrong is getting rehab.

Armstrong was hospitalized in early September in Italy, for what was rumored to be both dehydration and stomach problems, but the band has made several appearances since then.

Green Day is due to release the album “Uno” on Sept. 25. It is the first in a trilogy of albums; the second, “Dos,” is to be out in November, with “Tres” slated for release in January.

Randy McMullen is the arts and entertainment editor for Bay Area News Group. He has worked in the features department since joining the organization's Contra Costa Times in 1992. Before that he worked at newspapers in Syracuse, Middletown and Watertown, NY. He also has a hand in the organization's celebrity coverage and occasionally does theater reviews. He is an incurable pop culture junkie who knows more about Taylor Swift's ex-boyfriends than you ever will.